Ⅱ, Grammar and Vocabulary
Shanghai Citizens Out Of Sorts Over New Trash Separation Rules
Household trash has occupied the minds of Shanghai residents this week: specifically, are the contents of their bins “wet”, “dry”, “hazardous” or “recyclable”?
Residents of the city one of the world’s biggest with about 23 million people, __21__ arrange their trash according to those labels under a mandatory(强制的)sorting scheme __22__ (start) on July 1.
Citizens, however, are finding __23__ new system complicated enough, __24__ every item of waste now under careful scrutiny, from receipts and half-eaten crayfish to soggy cups of “bubble tea.” Residents are also unhappy about getting their hands dirty. “It’s really a lot of trouble,” said a 68-year old resident called Shen. “Plastic bags have to be put in one bin and if they are dirty they must __25__ (clean out), and then your hands get filthy. It’s really unhygienic.”
Huang Rong, deputy secretary general of the Shanghai government, said on Friday more than 70% of residential districts should be compliant(遵守)with the new trash sorting rules by next year.